Patriot Software doesn't handle payroll for "millions of businesses" - more like a few thousand. They handle payroll for less than 0.05% of America's businesses. And again I do not think it is at all reasonable for taxpayers to be left holding the bag every time business takes a risk. We already went through this crap with the bank failure of 2008 and nobody was ever held accountable for their criminal schemes. If you want to play this "privatize the profits but socialize the risk" crap then businesses are going to have to start paying a lot more in taxes to cover it. |
Federal Reserve announce new liquidity program for banks
"To support American businesses and households, the Federal Reserve Board on Sunday announced it will make available additional funding to eligible depository institutions to help assure banks have the ability to meet the needs of all their depositors. This action will bolster the capacity of the banking system to safeguard deposits and ensure the ongoing provision of money and credit to the economy. The Federal Reserve is prepared to address any liquidity pressures that may arise. The financing will be made available through the creation of a new Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP), offering loans of up to one year in length to banks, savings associations, credit unions, and other eligible depository institutions pledging U.S. Treasuries, agency debt and mortgage-backed securities, and other qualifying assets as collateral. These assets will be valued at par. The BTFP will be an additional source of liquidity against high-quality securities, eliminating an institution’s need to quickly sell those securities in times of stress. With approval of the Treasury Secretary, the Department of the Treasury will make available up to $25 billion from the Exchange Stabilization Fund as a backstop for the BTFP. The Federal Reserve does not anticipate that it will be necessary to draw on these backstop funds." https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312a.htm |
Dow futures jump 300 points |
Peter Thiel found a vulnerability in the post-Lehman banking system. Sudden mass withdrawals can bankrupt even risk averse banks because the safe assets they hold have all lost value as interest rates have risen. |
The guy who wrote this is an SV multimillionaire WHO ONLY HAS HIS MONEY IN ONE BANK. But here's the best part - while he's trying to desperately get his money out of SVB, HE BUYS SVB STOCK. These people are complete morons. 1:30 PM: SVB is a solid bank. I know their CEO, Greg Becker. Great guy. I figure this is a temporary issue caused mainly by people panicking. They'll recover. I buy shares of SVB at what I consider significantly low prices. |
This isn't unprecedented. The FDIC protected all deposits, even above the insurance limit, when the Bank of New England failed in 1991. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/07/business/us-is-taking-over-a-group-of-banks-to-head-off-a-run.html |